Trainees with an interest in perioperative medicine (TRIPOM) is an ever growing organisation set to continue the global push for perioperative care. This high energy podcast gives you a taste of the enthusiasm people pick up as they learn more about the value of these ideas. Moving more obviously into the perioperative period this…
NAP (National Audit Project) 6 is the largest ever prospective study of anaphylaxis related to anaesthesia and surgery. Find out the details behind this intriguing study, how long did it take, how does the data impact upon our day to day practice? There follows a deep dive into the results and recomendations that NAP 6…
Community based prehabilitation in the UK is being spearheaded by the Prepwell Initiative. Supported by a grant from Sports England this pioneering work is a great example of the way in which a perioperative enhancement team can be formed around your practice. The “PREP: Preoperative Risk Education Package” website mentioned in this piece is here:…
This piece ploughs into some of the academic papers that have provoked discussion recently in the perioperative community. We discuss the following papers: Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression in surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analyses. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30552274 Increased Postoperative Glucose Variability Is Associated with Adverse Outcomes Following Total Joint Arthroplasty. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29975266 Effect of A1C…
“Hypotension probability in practice” – originally streamed live from The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London during EBPOM 2018 on www.topmedtalk.com Hear this excellent talk, for free, on this podcast. If you’d like to attend an event like this ensure your next click is here: www.ebpom.org/meetings If you have any comments or questions…
How has the Royal College of Anaethestists (RCoA) evolved over the years and why is perioperative medicine so crucial to its agenda? How has this leadership in perioperative medicine become a force for change and improvement worldwide and what are the common themes that emerge as we take a global perspective on the discipline? The…
The Silver Tsunami is coming, are you prepared to assess the elderly patient? Mature patients present unique and interesting opportunities to perioperative practitioners. New ways of thinking and different approaches are always necessary. The British Geriatric Society’s “Fit For Frailty” is here: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/fit-for-frailty Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guest Houman Javedan,…
We begin with a question from the audience; ‘how do we drive change in our institutions towards enhanced recovery after surgery?’ The GIRFT (Getting It Right First Time) project is explained. The Health Foundation is also mentioned. This edition of TopMedTalk was recorded at The Institute of Sport Exercise and Health (ISEH) live from an…
Trainees with an interest in perioperative medicine (TRIPOM) is an ever growing organisation set to continue the global push for perioperative care. This high energy podcast gives you a taste of the enthusiasm people pick up as they learn more about the value of these ideas. The focus here is on promoting healthy aging…
This piece acts as a great summary of some of the big takaways from the conference this year. Discussion about a hugely successful Enhanced Recovery program at a large community hospital, continued improvements and service line expansion. Presented by Desiree Chappell and Monty Mythen with their guests Kim Duggan, Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) –…